Mariquita Sánchez como corresponsal: los costos reproductivos de la guerra
This article focuses on Mariquita Sánchez’s epistolary writing that directly references the internal and transnational wars of nineteenth-century Argentina. First, I will examine the way in which her highly political writing, offers an intimate, quotidian perspective on military events. One of the r...
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Escuela de Historia. Facultad de Humanidades y Artes. Universidad Nacional de Rosario
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistapaginas.unr.edu.ar/index.php/RevPaginas/article/view/676 |
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| Sumario: | This article focuses on Mariquita Sánchez’s epistolary writing that directly references the internal and transnational wars of nineteenth-century Argentina. First, I will examine the way in which her highly political writing, offers an intimate, quotidian perspective on military events. One of the rhetorical strategies I will focus on is the constant use of the passive voice to refer to informal circuits of information. On the other hand, her correspondence reveals a vision of war and patriotism sustained by the importance of motherhood as a discursive device, since it places special emphasis on the human and material costs of the war. I argue that Sánchez positions war as the impediment of the country’s progress, using the topic to criticize male incompetence in the management of the national project, while positioning herself as a “true patriot”. By doing so, she develops a defense of motherhood, and advocates for female education as a civilizing vehicle.
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